Buyback Radar

Loews

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Loews has retired 69.4% of its shares since 1999, from 667,485,600 to 204,427,720.

69.4%retired since 1999
20.5%last 5 years
1.4%last 12 months
204Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2001half gone 2001three quarters gone 2001667M shares, 1999204M200020052010201520202025
1999, 667,485,6002026-07-31, 204,427,720
A share bought in 1999
3.3× more of Loews today, without buying another share. It was one of 667,485,600 shares then. It is one of 204,427,720 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19991999-03-19667,485,60010-K405cover page
20002000-03-17596,332,20010-K405cover page
20012001-03-09591,714,30010-K405/Acover page
20022002-03-01120,750,00010-Kcover page
20032003-03-14119,730,00010-Kcover page
20042004-02-20173,895,00010-K/Acover page
20052005-02-18556,864,79710-K/Acover page
20062006-02-17557,650,97710-Kcover page
20072007-02-09543,461,65710-Kcover page
20082008-02-15529,694,65210-Kcover page
20092010-02-12422,433,63510-K
20102011-02-01413,706,49010-K
20112012-02-01396,793,72610-K
20122013-01-31391,885,83310-K
20132014-02-14387,403,38010-K
20142015-02-13373,176,36110-K
20152016-02-03338,998,28010-K
20162017-02-03336,632,47410-K
20172018-02-02328,825,27110-K
20182019-02-01311,299,32610-K
20192020-02-07287,770,40510-K
20202021-02-05267,046,55810-K
20212022-02-04248,202,44310-K
20222023-02-03234,997,67310-K
20232024-02-02222,201,13910-K
20242025-02-07212,861,30010-K
20252026-02-06206,052,87410-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Loews on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2007cash flow statement against share count
$12Bspent on buybacks
353Mfewer shares outstanding
$34spent per share that actually disappeared
$437Mpaid in stock compensation over the same years

Part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. That part costs money and retires nothing, so the cost per share that disappeared is higher than the average price the company paid.

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Insider buying, last 12 months

Robusto DinoDirector2026-05-29, 5,000 sh, $523,700
Robusto DinoDirector2026-05-05, 5,000 sh, $527,200

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